Old World Diamonds

This diamond cut was the fore runner of the modern brilliant cut.

Old world diamonds.

The best way to start is to tell us everything you know about your diamond like shape weight color and clarity. Buying old cut diamonds sourcing antique stones. Old world diamond flower blooms from mid summer until frost and reproduction. There is some overlap between the periods when both antique diamond cuts coexisted.

As part of our service we source old cut diamonds for clients. Diamonds with this cut possess a squarish girdle with gently rounded corners. The cushion cut diamond was one of the most popular cuts of diamonds ever. They are similar to today s cushion cut.

Like the modern round brilliant the old european diamond has a circular girdle. Although many old cut diamonds demand lower prices than modern cuts scarcity often sets their price above modern cuts. Sign in to like videos comment and subscribe. If your diamond has a grading certificate such as egl gia or ags this will make the process very easy.

The old european cut diamond or old euro cut was the primary diamond shape used in the art deco era old mine cut diamonds or miner cut were used in victorian and edwardian eras. Owing to the limited availability of old cuts we use our network of diamond merchants to source suitable stones. Old european cut diamonds old mine cut. Old world diamonds buys all types of diamonds.

European diamonds have an unforgettable sparkle. About old diamonds beauty of antique diamonds questions faq contact old world diamonds. Old world diamond flower produces small white flowers usually forming in groups of two or more on long stalks from the tip of a long common stalk. Old mine cut diamonds have a high crown a small table and a large flat culet.

Join our mailing list. For more than 70 years from 1830 to the turn of the century this was how diamonds were cut. The old mine cut dates to the 1700s and was most prevalent during the georgian and victorian eras. Old world diamond flower has lanceolate leaves that grow opposite along the stems which can grow close to the ground.

The old european diamond has a very small table a heavy crown and great overall depth.